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Table 2 Growth parameters of healthy late preterm infants from birth to term-corrected agea

From: Postnatal length and weight growth velocities according to Fenton reference and their associated perinatal factors in healthy late preterm infants during birth to term-corrected age: an observational study

 

At birth

At term-corrected age

Increment

PMA(week)

35.38 ± 0.75

40.84 ± 0.94

5.46 ± 0.89

Length(cm)

47.35 ± 2.18

52.92 ± 2.25

5.58 ± 2.05

LengthZ

0.26 ± 0.79

0.54 ± 0.91

0.28 ± 0.81

Weight(kg)

2.62 ± 0.42

4.04 ± 0.60

1.41 ± 0.43

WeightZ

− 0.07 ± 0.85

0.58 ± 1.00

0.65 ± 0.73

  1. aAbbreviations: PMA Postmenstrual age, LengthZ Z-score of length calculated by Fenton reference, WeightZ Z-score of weight calculated by Fenton reference
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics

ISSN: 1824-7288

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